Bandolier
Begun in 1994 as a journal written by Oxford scientists about evidence-based
healthcare, Bandolier aims to "find information about evidence of effectiveness
(or lack of it), and put the results forward as simple bullet points of those
things that worked and those that did not: a bandolier with bullets". Their
staff searches PubMed and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews monthly
for systematic reviews, meta-analyses, randomized trials, and other high-quality
observational and epidemiologic studies. Selected studies, reviewed first in
the paper journal, appear on their website's Knowledge Center in categories
alphabetically.

SUMSearch
This free search engine was developed at the University of Texas Health Science
Center at San Antonio when their librarians despaired of teaching students to
comprehensively search for evidence (see its Details about SUMSearch).
It searches DARE, PubMed, and the National Guideline Clearinghouse for evidence-based
works, which it displays from general to specific with color codes. You may
select specialized filters for EBM question types and limit by age, human and
English. Its filter for systematic reviews has been updated to reflect the article (in Dec. 24, 2004 BMJ) entitled "Optimal search strategies for
retrieving systematic reviews from Medline."

TRIP DatabaseStarted in 1997 as a small search engine with a focus on articles considered
evidence-based, the Turning Research into Practice Database aims to allow health
professionals to easily find the highest-quality material available on the Web.
It specializes in question-and-answer systems which focus on, where possible,
evidence-based material. Non-subscribers are currently restricted to 5 free
searches per week. Tufts does not subscribe.

InfoPOEMsInfoPOEMs was founded in the 1990s to collect Patient-Oriented Evidence that
Matters. A Tufts clinician, Allen Shaughnessy, edits Journal of Family Practice POEMs. DailyPOEMs are emailed gratis, Hirsh Health Sciences Library is in process of licensing InfoRetriever, its database of synopsized, evidence-based content and tools,
which include all POEMs and Cochrane Systematic Review abstracts, more than
200 decision-support tools and diagnostic calculators, over 700 summaries of
evidence-based practice guidelines, and Griffith's
5-Minute Clinical Consult.

Resources Not Available at Tufts

FIRSTConsult
In the diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes sections of its Medical Condition
Files, the best available evidence and evidence-based guidelines are integrated
into a typical work-up. Evidence is summarized principally from Cochrane Systematic
Reviews, Clinical Evidence, and the National Guideline Clearinghouse
based on the American Academy of Family
Physicians' rating system. Elsevier offers a free 30-day trial.

References

Drilling Down for Information is Figure 1 at the bottom of Grandage, KK et al. When less is more: a practical approach to searching for evidence-based answers. Journal of the Medical Library Association 2002 Jul;90(3):298-304.